Your Node.js App ↓ Ollama API (localhost:11434) ↓ Phi-3.5 Mini (379MB GGUF) ↓ DigitalOcean Droplet ($5/month)
Your Node.js App ↓ Ollama API (localhost:11434) ↓ Phi-3.5 Mini (379MB GGUF) ↓ DigitalOcean Droplet ($5/month)
Your Node.js App ↓ Ollama API (localhost:11434) ↓ Phi-3.5 Mini (379MB GGUF) ↓ DigitalOcean Droplet ($5/month)
ssh root@your_droplet_ip
ssh root@your_droplet_ip
ssh root@your_droplet_ip
apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt install -y curl wget git build-essential
apt install -y curl wget git build-essential
apt install -y curl wget git build-essential
curl -fsSL https://ollama.ai/install.sh | sh
curl -fsSL https://ollama.ai/install.sh | sh
curl -fsSL https://ollama.ai/install.sh | sh
ollama --version
ollama --version
ollama --version
systemctl start ollama
systemctl enable ollama
systemctl start ollama
systemctl enable ollama
systemctl start ollama
systemctl enable ollama
curl http://localhost:11434/api/tags
curl http://localhost:11434/api/tags
curl http://localhost:11434/api/tags
ollama pull phi3.5
ollama pull phi3.5
ollama pull phi3.5
curl http://localhost:11434/api/tags
curl http://localhost:11434/api/tags
curl http://localhost:11434/api/tags
{ "models": [ { "name": "phi3.5:latest", "modified_at": "2024-01-15T10:32:45.123456789Z", "size": 2390451200 } ]
}
{ "models": [ { "name": "phi3.5:latest", "modified_at": "2024-01-15T10:32:45.123456789Z", "size": 2390451200 } ]
}
{ "models": [ { "name": "phi3.5:latest", "modified_at": "2024-01-15T10:32:45.123456789Z", "size": 2390451200 } ]
}
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -
apt install -y nodejs
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -
apt install -y nodejs
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -
apt install -y nodejs
node --version
npm --version
node --version
npm --version
node --version
npm --version
mkdir ~/phi-inference
cd ~/phi-inference
npm init -y
npm install express axios
mkdir ~/phi-inference
cd ~/phi-inference
npm init -y
npm install express axios
mkdir ~/phi-inference
cd ~/phi-inference
npm init -y
npm install express axios
javascript
const express = require('express');
const axios = require('axios'); const app = express();
app.use(express.json()); const OLLAMA_API = 'http://localhost:11434/api/generate'; // Health check
app.get('/health', (req, res) => { res.json({ status: 'ok', model: 'phi3.5' });
}); // Simple inference endpoint
app.post('/infer', async (req, res) => { const { prompt, temperature = 0.7, max_tokens = 256 } = req.body; if (!prompt) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'prompt required' }); } try { const response = await axios.post(OLLAMA_API, { model: 'phi3.5', prompt: prompt, stream: false, temperature: temperature, num_predict: max_tokens, }); res.json({ prompt: prompt, response: response.data.response, model: 'phi3.5', tokens_used: response.data.eval_count, }); } catch (error) { console.error('Ollama error:', error.message); res.status(500).json({ error: 'inference failed' }); }
}); // Streaming inference (for real-time responses)
app.post('/infer-stream', async (req, res) => { const { prompt, temperature = 0.7 } = req.body; if (!prompt) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'prompt required' }); } res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/event-stream'); res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache'); res.setHeader('Connection', 'keep-alive'); try { const response = await axios.post( OLLAMA_API, { model: 'phi3.5', prompt: prompt, stream: true, temperature: temperature, }, { responseType: 'stream' } ); response.data.on('data', (chunk) => { const lines = chunk.toString().split('\n').filter(Boolean); lines.forEach((line) => { try { const json = JSON.parse(line); res.write(`data: ${json.response}\n\n`); } catch (e) { // Ignore parse errors } }); }); response.data.on('end', () => { res.write('data: [DONE]\n\n'); res.end(); }); response.data.on('error', (error) ---
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javascript
const express = require('express');
const axios = require('axios'); const app = express();
app.use(express.json()); const OLLAMA_API = 'http://localhost:11434/api/generate'; // Health check
app.get('/health', (req, res) => { res.json({ status: 'ok', model: 'phi3.5' });
}); // Simple inference endpoint
app.post('/infer', async (req, res) => { const { prompt, temperature = 0.7, max_tokens = 256 } = req.body; if (!prompt) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'prompt required' }); } try { const response = await axios.post(OLLAMA_API, { model: 'phi3.5', prompt: prompt, stream: false, temperature: temperature, num_predict: max_tokens, }); res.json({ prompt: prompt, response: response.data.response, model: 'phi3.5', tokens_used: response.data.eval_count, }); } catch (error) { console.error('Ollama error:', error.message); res.status(500).json({ error: 'inference failed' }); }
}); // Streaming inference (for real-time responses)
app.post('/infer-stream', async (req, res) => { const { prompt, temperature = 0.7 } = req.body; if (!prompt) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'prompt required' }); } res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/event-stream'); res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache'); res.setHeader('Connection', 'keep-alive'); try { const response = await axios.post( OLLAMA_API, { model: 'phi3.5', prompt: prompt, stream: true, temperature: temperature, }, { responseType: 'stream' } ); response.data.on('data', (chunk) => { const lines = chunk.toString().split('\n').filter(Boolean); lines.forEach((line) => { try { const json = JSON.parse(line); res.write(`data: ${json.response}\n\n`); } catch (e) { // Ignore parse errors } }); }); response.data.on('end', () => { res.write('data: [DONE]\n\n'); res.end(); }); response.data.on('error', (error) ---
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javascript
const express = require('express');
const axios = require('axios'); const app = express();
app.use(express.json()); const OLLAMA_API = 'http://localhost:11434/api/generate'; // Health check
app.get('/health', (req, res) => { res.json({ status: 'ok', model: 'phi3.5' });
}); // Simple inference endpoint
app.post('/infer', async (req, res) => { const { prompt, temperature = 0.7, max_tokens = 256 } = req.body; if (!prompt) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'prompt required' }); } try { const response = await axios.post(OLLAMA_API, { model: 'phi3.5', prompt: prompt, stream: false, temperature: temperature, num_predict: max_tokens, }); res.json({ prompt: prompt, response: response.data.response, model: 'phi3.5', tokens_used: response.data.eval_count, }); } catch (error) { console.error('Ollama error:', error.message); res.status(500).json({ error: 'inference failed' }); }
}); // Streaming inference (for real-time responses)
app.post('/infer-stream', async (req, res) => { const { prompt, temperature = 0.7 } = req.body; if (!prompt) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'prompt required' }); } res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/event-stream'); res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache'); res.setHeader('Connection', 'keep-alive'); try { const response = await axios.post( OLLAMA_API, { model: 'phi3.5', prompt: prompt, stream: true, temperature: temperature, }, { responseType: 'stream' } ); response.data.on('data', (chunk) => { const lines = chunk.toString().split('\n').filter(Boolean); lines.forEach((line) => { try { const json = JSON.parse(line); res.write(`data: ${json.response}\n\n`); } catch (e) { // Ignore parse errors } }); }); response.data.on('end', () => { res.write('data: [DONE]\n\n'); res.end(); }); response.data.on('error', (error) ---
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- Token generation: 2-3 tokens/second on CPU (Intel 1vCPU)
- Memory usage: 420MB steady state
- Concurrent requests: 1-2 (single CPU, but that's fine for most use cases) - Go to DigitalOcean and create a new droplet
- Choose Basic ($5/month)
- Select Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Pick any datacenter close to your users
- Add your SSH key
- Create the droplet
